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I tested positive for COVID-19 this morning.
My first symptoms were on Thursday night, when I woke up in the middle of the night with a minor sore throat and a headache. I managed to sleep through the rest of the night, but the symptoms had not improved by morning. I took naproxen and pseudoephedrine when I woke up, which helped.
Throughout the day on Friday I began to feel worse and worse, culminating in a fever and severe chills that evening. I had gone on a strenuous cycling trip Thursday evening, and at first I attributed my symptoms to heat sickness from the exercise. However, even plenty of water and Gatorade, as well as staying in our air-conditioned house all day, did not make my symptoms improve. I also began to develop a mild cough, which manifested as a tickle in my throat.
My fever topped out last evening at 101.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38.54 degrees Celsius), despite the fever-suppressing properties of naproxen. At that point my wife suggested that I might have contracted COVID-19 and scheduled an antigen test for me the following morning.
By this morning my fever had already dropped to 99.2, and by the time I took the test it had broken completely. However, the cough has continued and is beginning to get a little worse. I also find that I'm phenomenally thirsty, and that my ears and nose are still fairly stuffy.
My wife contracted COVID-19 about a month and a half ago while out of town. An acquaintance of hers became sick as well, and she tells me that my symptom of a strong fever that dissipates rapidly matches the course of his fever exactly. I hope that means the strain I have is the same strain they got; it means the antibodies in my wife's system will match as well, and she'll be less likely to be symptomatic.
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[Last updated: 2022-11-24]